Join us as #psychedpodcast talks with Dr. Poncy and Dr. Duhon on math tonight 8/21 at 7 PM EST brianponcy.wixsite.com/mind youtube.com/live/2EnUC58Ht…

Built this for Toronto this week. Pretty jazzed about it. Teaching the science of instruction. You can see each piece in the graphic as instruction happens. Thank you Lauren Kennedy from PA. You're an amazing teacher :)

Amanda VanDerHeyden spent a while on this slide and my shortened versions below don’t do her excellent description and analysis justice. ⚪️ Timed practice supports development of accuracy and speed. ⚪️ Too slow and students are more likely to be frustrated, even if accuracy is high.

This paper focuses on math algorithms and proposes a model for linking algorithms to higher order thinking. The authors contend that algorithms should be seen as an essential part of developing deeper mathematical understanding. researchgate.net/publication/27…

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Tonight on #Psychedpodcast at 7 pm ET, Dr. Hugh Catts discusses dyslexia! 🧠📚. Please join us! youtube.com/live/azriP2g96…

Want more information about SLD identification? Here is our summary of research for each approach. National Association of School Psychologists Council for Exceptional Children Learning Disability Today CLD International International Dyslexia Association researchgate.net/publication/38…

My daughter is the only reader in her class and it looks like she’s a genius performing a magic trick to the other kids and parents. It was 100 20 minute lessons with her dad at the dinner table using a scripted Direct Instruction program and novel read alouds before bed.

educationnext.org/math-movement-… "If we continue to allow their influence to spread, classroom by classroom, school by school, we’ll be repeating the same mistakes made by reading educators who abandoned phonics years ago and left behind a generation of illiterate students."

My city was dubbed America's most violent in 2 of my 7 teenage years. My father's skull was crushed by guys wielding a metal pipe. I was stabbed. Cousins killed. Thank God I had teachers who taught me how to read, instead of trying to understand my trauma and build relationship.

And this is Harvard...Math professors across North America have been warning about the lack of foundational math skills for years. It’s a serious problem––holding students back in math, science, economics, computer science, etc. And remedial courses? They often don’t work.

Imagine a field of learning where memorization is widely diminished as meaningful. That’s happening in math education. Love this quote from Jim Heal: “Understanding is remembering in disguise.” #researchED

Productive Struggle can be traced to a 2011 dissertation, which can be traced to a report from an ideological math organization (not a study), and yet it’s used in math teaching like it’s revealed truth - and to shut down dissenting opinions

"Children learn most effectively when instruction follows an evidence‑based cycle: grounding facts in conceptual understanding, using brief timed practice to make those facts automatic, then returning to discussion and reflection to deepen that knowledge." journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

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Another study demonstrating the importance of reading accuracy data for designing intervention (and that validates the learning hierarchy). ILA Council for Exceptional Children National Association of School Psychologists APA Division 16 The Reading League NCII Lead for Literacy Center link.springer.com/article/10.100…

“Automated arithmetic facts free working memory for algebraic reasoning.” Knowing phonics cold “liberates the cognitive resources necessary for comprehension and analysis.” Great thread on the critical importance of working memory to cognitive science.

🚨 Unbelievable decision 🚨 Maryland is removing the requirement to know math facts 😱. This flies in the face of decades of research on how kids learn math best. Downplaying the need to know your times tables by heart is a huge mistake that will hurt students.